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Edited by ManOfLight: 3/10/2018 5:02:07 PM
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Hypothetical Scenario #3

You are suddenly given the option to recreate the entire education system. Would you do it? If so, what would you change?

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  • I would make sure that everyone is taught that equality does exist but its how people usually think. In my opinion equality is not when men and women have the same rights, its when they both have rights the others dont so the power is equaled out

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    • Any conflict is resolved with organized gladiatorial combat. The students are given light armor and a sword. They will fight to the death in an enclosed arena with seats for all the other students to watch.

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      • Make the job more desirable. Make it non-mandatory, this so that the wheat is separated from the chaff, and those who take their future seriously can, and those who don’t won’t; this is so the government can properly assess which state & county is the weakest, and requires the most reform. Defensive design, each school will be built (differently) to accommodate for things like shootings, fires, earthquakes & hurricanes. And some eduction things, preparing students for adulthood, as well introducing new trains of thought

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        • Edited by ZoniCat: 3/4/2018 8:11:33 PM
          [spoiler]1. Don't get rid of standardized testing. The biggest arguments against standardized testing are that some students are better at it than others. However, as will be demonstrated by some of my next changes, I want an environment that rewards individual success and effort in fields that the student cares about (Along with the basics), instead of the STEM based fields valued now. As some students do particularly well and can demonstrate the best of their abilities on standardized tests, it would be unfair to get rid of them, and a waste of infrastructure. 2. Math only has to go up to Geometry. Anything past that is optional and counts as an elective/career credit. Let's get this straight; An education in Geometry will be the Average for getting into your average college. No longer will colleges look down on students with something under Algebra 2, it's geometry now. (Maybe even reduce it to the year before geometry, but Algebra 1 is a must have at least. Past that it's all theoretical). 3. Smaller Classes. Like, half the size. This will allow teachers to interact and help their students more personally. 4. I can't even begin to explain my raw hatred to how colleges work but due to the removal of standardized testing the old "Instructor tells you what to read and gives you a somewhat maybe not-really useful lecture once every week" methodology is out. I see no purpose to force people looking to get into creative, above-average fields into such environments and subjecting them to get what has effectively become a near worthless degree. You're more likely to make good money if you have a masters, not a PhD. College system is broken and needs especial refinement, the first of which is instructors who care. 5. On professors and teachers; Get ones that care. Get teachers that have the credentials to do something better and make more money but actively choose to take a pay cut (More on this later) to help the next couple generations. 6. Teachers need to retain the same base wage, but make much more money based on the scores of their students (More on this to make sure teachers and staff can't break the system). 7. To make up for this, ALL MONEY FROM GOVERNMENT RAN LOTTERIES will go to schools with high averages for students to pay for these pay increases. Third party individuals will ensure this money is going to the encouragement of teachers and students to perform well. (Also tax the running of lotteries and buying into lotteries more heavily, money also to go to schools) 8. Schools that aren't doing so well will be the target of most of current government funds that we already have. You know, the basic stuff from taxes. Oh, and this is important; Stop putting so much money into the military. SCREW THE MILITARY. Most of that should go to education and scientific research in my eyes. We need a military to defend not attack. 9. Schools that go to far under will be completely revamped; New staff, new location, new building, new resources. This burden will be put mostly on nearby communities to the school, not the school community itself (The nearest ones with the highest revenues). 10. Along with standardized testing, employ more long essay/personal research projects to prove the knowledge of a subject; Make colleges look for more than just SAT scores. 11. More scholarships. Holy crap there is an ass-load of unused scholarships lying around; let hardworking children of less fortunate families (economically) get a bit of help from the colleges themselves! It's not hard! 12. Push the kids harder, but only in what they love. Put less emphasis on STEM credits and more on Career credits; Actually, just get rid of high level STEM credits; move all of them to career credits. 13. Give colleges lest statistics, more letters of rec and personal, student by student things. We are talking about young men and women with potential futures here; not numbers.[/spoiler]

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          • First: pay the teachers more so they care about their jobs more. 2: make kids take a test that determines what class they will be in. So all of the struggling kids can be in an environment where they learn and all the excellent kids are put in a place where they can learn at their pace. 3. F what the parents think of their kids self esteem. If the kid deserves and F, give him a damned F. Better luck next time. If they struggle too much you put them down a rank. Think of it like comp except in school. Those are my main changes

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            • Shut down all public schooling so that small communities can do what they like without restriction! Yay!

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              • No hat, no play

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              • Make it to where the final exams are actually gladiatorial death matches. Only the strongest can graduate 10th grade.

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                • It will be very hardcore and you must be perfect or else no more memes for the rest of your life.

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                  • Edited by CAD1420Z: 3/3/2018 12:32:09 PM
                    Honestly, I dislike the education system for fundamentally failing in nearly every aspect so much I cannot even begin to start listing my fixes for it. Granted, it's the education system of Emmett, Idaho that I have experience with that was bad, but they just SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK at their jobs. So bad. So. So Bad. One thing I would like to see implemented PERMANENTLY in EVERY educational system, is more thorough investigation of students after an incident, like a fight or bullying. Especially when someone is clearly emotionally distraught and [i]not faking it[/i]. It's pretty hard to perfectly fake crying your heart out at 9 years old. I'm sure many children would appreciate being taken more seriously as well.

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                    • I won’t pretend I have all the right answers. But I feel what’s needed is more hands on application. And more practical skills.

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                      • Pay teachers more, more of an emphasis on grammar. Start teaching music and languages earlier, and give high schoolers the option to double up on core classes. Ie. Finish all required classes by Junior year.

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                        • Oh YES I WOULD. Honestly I feel that the people who run the education system didn't graduate from high school (at least where I'm from). I've thought a lot about this so here goes. 1. History: Get rid of 8th grade US history and gov and cit. Yes I do think history is important but some of the time it can be really annoying that in high school history you review everything you learned in 8th grade in a few weeks. The other problem is gov and cit. Idk if it was just my teacher but we just sat around talking about politics and then at the end of the year he gave us a packet to study for the final when we didn't do anything in class but clearly had TONS of time to do it. 2. English: Chang the reading material and/or change the curriculum. In English we have to read books written in the 1800s. Other than an English teacher and a historian there is NOWHERE where that is going to be used in the future and if there is that needs to change asap.

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                          • hell no school can die in a fire.

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                            • Less math, looser rules, and [b][i][u]WAAAYYYY[/u][/i][/b] more sex ed.

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                            • No I'm too dumb for that

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                              • Voucher system

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                              • I would teach stuff to people that they would actually use on a daily basis, not high education math when they're not planning on becoming professors or people with good jobs.

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                              • >incorporate basic critical thinking into early schooling, building up through logic and debate, culminating in philosophy courses. Instill habitual and independent thinking in students, as well as expose them to various schools of thoughts and the thoughts of famous thinkers before them. Also, use this as a vehicle to teach students about bullying and improve superordinate identities to include all of their differences. >design early classes in more of a Socratic setting to develop students who aren’t afraid of contributing to the class themselves >Less of an emphasis on grades/memorization/collegiate future >Ban schools from teaching differently. Every student deserves similar high-quality education. >Allowance of ability-based placement. Faster students shouldn’t be held back, but slower students shouldn’t be discouraged. >Make history/art/some sciences/language optional >speed up mathematics courses (No student should graduate without multi-variable calculus) - This is more of a personal preference and could be changed. Regardless, having students finish with pre-calc is ridiculous in the modern world. >Mandatory civil classes for understanding the government on federal, state, and local levels. >Offer practical classes (woodworking, how to do taxes, cooking): just basic stuff for day-to-day life or possible future careers/hobbies. >Tax-paid education, college access based on merit, no government involvement in private institutions beyond non-education based laws. A few of the things my ideal education system would have.

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                                • So if there's a kid who struggles at school and one who excels, they are kept together in the same class, learning the same stuff. I would put kids who struggle in classes design to help them to the fullest instead of letting them struggle while the student who excels is put in a class where they can bring out that talent.

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                                  • Have everyone have a iPad or st, with a A.i that I will speak about later, The ai will play videos and then test them with some simple questions, and see what type of videos work for them. The teacher will help the students socialize and see how they are doing. The kid will take a personality quiz to pick some videos at the beginning.

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                                    • yes and i would make the education system stop catering to the lowest common denominator, i would teach to the highest and expect people to keep up or fail.

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